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Re: Lablanc Pete Fountain clarinet

Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-02 14:42

I used to play the instrument that I have seen described as the "predecessor" to the Pete Fountain model, a 1950s-era Dynamique (serial no. 673--I don't own it anymore, but if you do and you're reading this, you've got my old horn), Leblanc's wide-bore model of the era. I had no intonation problems with it at all. I think Pete Fountain himself used to play on a Dynamique, but I can't confirm that.

According to this website, Leblanc's philosophy, at least during that time period, was to err on the side of good intonation (as opposed to sound).

I imagine the current Pete Fountain model is similar, since it's supposedly modeled after Pete's old wide-bore Leblanc.

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